May is over so here we are with the fifth ranking update for CT. After jt got tired of praising himself, this division recap has gone to me, and so far I have also enjoyed praising him, and I am not yet tired of it! Let's find out if we're back to our jt-praising ways this month, or if somebody else can shine in the spotlight as well.
And for the month of May the crown goes to Euskadi - Murias! No GC by Munoz in ToA, but still three stage wins, a green jersey etc. as a team, combined with a nice Middle East, Luxembourg and another win in the Isle of Mann. Bianchi still decent with a top-5 by the way, but Ethiopian Airlines, SEE Turtles and other Basque team Euskotren - Pays Basque outscore them as well this month.
The other teams all scoring more or less between the 100-200 points mark this month, with four team below 100 points. Three of team are 'new' teams with Zappes Kölsch, Incaline and Kone-Nordea, with Podium Ambition being the fourth.
Last
Team
May
Tro
ToME
ToAa
Lux
MITT
1
Euskadi-Murias
402
0
70
219
46
67
2
Ethiopian Airlines
377
0
122
186
59
10
3
SEE Turtles
276
61
12
32
145
26
4
Euskotren - Pays Basque
259
0
0
160
63
36
5
Bianchi Enel
254
0
0
170
84
0
6
Parmalat - Ecopetrol
204
3
151
8
37
5
7
Kraftwerk Man Machine
180
0
91
0
46
43
8
Air New Zealand-Prada
179
3
64
103
9
0
9
Glanbia
172
0
2
121
20
29
10
Tafjord Kraft
170
0
8
46
96
20
11
The ONE - Fox God
165
0
14
136
15
0
12
Peugeot - Bancolombia
114
20
39
0
32
23
13
Team Zappes Kölsch
77
0
51
0
26
0
14
Podium Ambition
73
7
29
0
13
24
15
IncaLine Pro Cycling
53
1
13
37
2
0
16
Kone-Nordea
40
0
18
0
22
0
Onto the total rankings then. Bianchi stays in first, which is no surprise. Interesting to note however, is that number two KRaftwerk and the (new) number three Ethiopian Airlines both have a better points per raceday projection now. Can we still see a real fight for the title?
Euskadi jumps to fourth, with Podium dropping to fifth after a low-scoring month. Euskotren also making the sponsors happy with a jump to sixth, as Tafjord sees a status quo in seventh. SEE Turtles jump the most this month, going from twelfth to eighth. The gap towards the number five Podium Ambition and an automatic promotion is currently 146 points.
No big points for Peugeot either, who drop to ninth place now, with Parmalat staying in tenth and nearing on their Colombian rivals/colleagues. The ONE - Fox God did well and rise to eleventh ahead of their friends from Incaline, with their other friends from ANZ - Prada also jumping two spots to thirteenth. Glanbia leaves the red lantern over to Kone-Nordea for now, with Zappes Kölsch in fifteenth eleven points ahead of the Scandinavians.
Pos
Last
Team
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Total
RD
PpRD
Proj
1
1
Bianchi Enel
223
338
211
215
254
1241
90
13,88
1943
2
2
Kraftwerk Man Machine
76
159
401
111
180
927
66
14,05
1967
3
4
Ethiopian Airlines
95
152
247
0
377
871
60
14,52
2033
4
5
Euskadi-Murias
18
81
281
0
402
782
63
12,41
1737
5
3
Podium Ambition
52
34
257
220
73
636
70
9,09
1273
6
8
Euskotren - Pays Basque
14
185
120
13
259
591
69
8,57
1200
7
7
Tafjord Kraft
11
123
169
42
170
515
77
6,69
937
8
12
SEE Turtles
0
71
131
12
276
490
69
7,1
994
9
6
Peugeot - Bancolombia
20
134
92
125
114
485
54
8,98
1257
10
10
Parmalat - Ecopetrol
30
57
138
30
204
459
76
6,04
846
11
13
The ONE - Fox God
1
47
51
109
165
373
68
5,49
769
12
9
IncaLine Pro Cycling
50
156
82
17
53
358
69
5,19
727
13
15
Air New Zealand-Prada
5
55
74
36
179
349
80
4,36
610
14
16
Glanbia
23
2
115
0
172
312
69
4,52
633
15
14
Team Zappes Kölsch
8
62
108
25
77
280
70
4
560
16
11
Kone-Nordea
12
52
133
32
40
269
65
4,14
580
The individual rankings are not yet available and will come later.
This might be the highest rank we've been since we started last season. ToA has always been good for points though so let's hope we can do the same in other races. thx for report!
Good month again for us I think 1200pt itself should be a guranteed promotion score so only the title left to fight for and a cool 3 - way fight with Kraftwerk and Ethiopian devloping
Bizarre to think we're leading the division in PpRD. Absolutely zero chance we maintain that over a larger sample size but still a nice position to be in in May. Probably next month we'll beat our score from last year, which I really didn't see coming at the beginning of the season. If we're still in and around the podium fight come what October I'll be a very happy manager indeed.
Despite the poor month I still think Peugeot are seriously lurking there in 9th. Fewest race days used in the divion, and plenty of opportunities for that man Galta to score some big points. Wouldn't be surprised in the slightest to see them promoted automatically when all is said and done.
Not a good month, but not really far of expectation either. Could have used a few more points in TOME, but it's clear Abner/JMO arn't really more than breakaway hopefuls this year.
Our team had to pull together a great result in Tour de Luxembourg (thank you Montenegro), in order to hit our sponsor goal. Really a sad set of other races, but sometimes you have to get a strong result to pull your season through.
Really interesting set of race day usage throughout the field. Only 6 of the teams have used over half their race days.
